Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmember, Talks Berkeley City Auditor Audit On Streets

Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember

In The Berkeley Post, Councilmember Bartlett calls for an omnibus funding package to repair streets. Here’s the rest of the story: “Without significant additional funding, Berkeley streets will continue to deteriorate and deferred maintenance costs will increase,” explains a recently released audit by Jenny Wong, Berkeley City Auditor, which discusses the deterioration of Berkeley’s streets. … Read more

Ben Bartlett, Berkeley District 3 Councilmember, Says Yes On Prop 16

Ben Bartlett, Berkeley District 3 Councilmember, Says Yes On Prop 16

Ben Bartlett, Berkeley District 3 Councilmember, Says Yes On Prop 16
From YouTube Channel: October 17, 2020 at 12:21AM

ONN – Ben Bartlett, Berkeley District 3 Councilmember, Says Vote Yes On Prop 16

According to Ballotpedia, Proposition 16 is a constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 209, passed in 1996, from the California Constitution. Proposition 209 stated that discrimination and preferential treatment were prohibited in public employment, public education, and public contracting on account of a person’s or group’s race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Therefore, as Councilmember Bartlett explained, Proposition 209 banned the use of affirmative action involving race-based or sex-based preferences in California.

Without Proposition 209, the state government, local governments, public universities, and other political subdivisions and public entities would—within the limits of federal law—be allowed to develop and use affirmative action programs that grant preferences based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting.

A Proposition 16 “yes” vote supports this constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 209 (1996), which stated that the government and public institutions cannot discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to persons on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting.

Vote “yes” for Prop 16.

Stay tuned.

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